Translate ''My Spanish Teacher''
May I ask how do we translate these two phrases?
''My Spanish teacher" meaning "My teacher, who comes from Spain."
"My Spanish teacher" meaning "My teacher, the one who teaches me the Spanish language."
The translator gives me one option "mi profesor de español" which I think suits the 2nd meaning.
How about the 1st meaning?
And if the teacher is female, which words (in both meanings) will need to be changed to the feminine form?
Thank you so much! Muchas gracias!
5 Answers
Yes, in English we say "my Spanish teacher" meaning the person that teaches your Spanish class or your Spaniard teacher, or your Hispanic teacher, but I do not think that Spanish states it that way. It would be mi profesor de español just as mi profesor de matemáticas.
Mi profesor español would refer to your teacher's nationality (de España-a Spaniard).
Mi profesor hispanohablante or hispánico (say Mexican) may be what we are referring to with a Spanish teacher which is not from Spain, and also does not teach the Spanish language.
Se busca profesor de español nativo
Being sought: native Spanish teacher (I assume that native refers to hispanohablante o hispánico; not to de España)
hi , i think it should be "Mi profesor(profesora) quien viene de espanol "
"My Spanish teacher, who comes from Spain" would be mi profesora española.
"My Spanish teacher, the one who teaches me the Spanish language" would be mi profesora de español.
The distinction is between Spanish, the nationality, and Spanish, the language.
mi profesora que proviene de espana es profesora de espanol. Im just making up a sentence off the top of my head
Thank you songleishiyu and qfreed.
Yes, that's what I am confused also, because in English the same phrase has 2 different meanings, and I'm trying to find out if in Spanish it is the same, or do they have 2 different ways of saying it (using different words) that actually clarifies what I'm trying to say at any point in time.
